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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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